Timeline: Attacks in France since Charlie Hebdo slayings
A recap of major attacks and since the Charlie Hebdo shootings in January 2015
Nearly 80 people were killed Friday when a truck ploughed into a crowd in the French Riviera resort of Nice during Bastille Day celebrations, the latest attack in a country still reeling from last year’s ISIS terror assaults.
More than a year ago, the journalism world was shocked when two men armed with Kalashnikov rifles storm the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo killing 12 people including eight cartoonists.
Just a month ago, police officer Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, and his companion, Jessica Schneider, 36, are killed at their home in Magnanville, west of Paris, by Larosssi Abballa, 25.
Here is a recap of major attacks and since the Charlie Hebdo shootings in January 2015.
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When vehicles become weapons of terror
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